A week after Typhoon Haiyan hit, grim realities sink in

By Anderson Cooper. Andrew Stevens. and Jethro Mullen, CNN

Updated 0901 GMT (1701 HKT) November 15, 2013

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Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts – A baby receives a measles vaccine in Tacloban, Leyte province, on Wednesday, November 27. Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in history, has affected 4.3 million people in the Philippines, and many of them rely on emergency relief for food and water. See how you can help.

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Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts – Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Force carry boxes of medicine to be distributed to survivors of typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban on Monday, November 25.

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Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts – Philippines Air Force helicopter crewmen on Saturday, November 23, look at the damage to the town of Tacloban caused by Typhoon Haiyan.

Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts – A member of the Japanese Disaster Relief Team carries goods in Tacloban on November 12.

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Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts – Rescuers in Guigang City, China, search a flooded road by boat on November 12. China and Vietnam were also hit hard by the typhoon.

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Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts – Residents line up to receive treatment and supplies at the Tacloban airport on Monday, November 11.

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Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts – Staff load a Hercules airplane with equipment November 11 at the Orebro airport in central Sweden. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, together with its humanitarian partners, sent equipment to support the United Nations' relief work in the Philippines.

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Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts – Philippine troops load boxes of water at Villamor Air Force Base in Manila on November 11.

A mother mourns the deaths of children who slipped from her grasp. A father says he's contemplated suicide. A family prepares to rebuild.

A week after Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines, the adrenaline-fueled response to the storm and its aftermath have faded from the streets of Tacloban. Now, the grim realities of daily life have taken its place.

Juvelyn Taniega is trying to keep busy. She's collected old dishes and is cleaning them up, crouching on the ground near the spot where her home once stood and the place where she last saw her husband and six children alive.

Photos: Typhoon Haiyan – A man reconstructs his house in the bay of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines, on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, hit the country's eastern seaboard on November 8, leaving a wide swath of destruction, including more than 5,000 deaths.

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Photos: Typhoon Haiyan – A man rests on his damaged house along the shore in Tacloban on Monday, November 25.

Typhoon Haiyan – Local people begin to help clear debris near the shoreline where several tankers ran aground on November 23 in Leyte. The death toll from the storm stands at more than 5,000, according to a government-run news agency.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man clears debris from in front of his home near the shoreline on November 23 in Leyte.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Groups of men clear debris near the shoreline on November 23 in Tacloban.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan inspect the damage to their houses in Tacloban, Philippines, on Friday, November 22.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Filpinos clear rubble from a hard-hit area in Tacloban on November 22.

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Typhoon Haiyan – An airplane lands in Tacloban as Antonio Lacasa rebuilds his house on Thursday, November 21.

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Typhoon Haiyan – People carry a coffin through an opening in the wall of a public cemetery for burial in Tacloban on November 21.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A member of the Philippine air force drops relief goods for survivors in Tolosa on November 21.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Children blow bubbles in a destroyed market in Tacloban on Wednesday, November 20.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Workers clear mud and debris in Tacloban on November 20.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A boy climbs across debris in Tacloban on November 20.

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Typhoon Haiyan – People at the airport in Tacloban react to a blast of wind from an aircraft on November 20.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man walks through water in the typhoon-ravaged city of Tacloban, Philippines, on November 20.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man sleeps on Tuesday, November 19, on a tanker that ran aground during Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Firemen unload bodies November 19 for forensic experts to register and bury in a mass grave outside of Tacloban.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Firemen unload more victims outside of Tacloban on November 19.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man fans the flames of a fire in Tanauan, Philippines, on November 19.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors salvage wood next to stranded ships in Tacloban on November 19.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Philippine military personnel carry an injured survivor to an evacuation flight at the Tacloban airport November 19.

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Typhoon Haiyan – People in Tacloban march in the rain November 19 during a procession calling for courage and resilience among survivors.

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Typhoon Haiyan – People play cards by candlelight Monday, November 18, in Tacloban.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A U.S. Navy helicopter delivers relief goods to typhoon victims in Ormoc, Philippines, on November 18.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Men take food back to their families in Leyte on November 18. Countries all over the world have pledged relief aid to those affected by the typhoon, but damage to airports and roads have made moving the aid very difficult.

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Typhoon Haiyan – People are held back as the U.S. Navy delivers aid from a helicopter in San Jose, Philippines, on November 18.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A helicopter flies over a call for help in Ormoc on November 18.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man cleans up mud inside a church in the hard-hit city of Tacloban on November 18.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A boy bathes November 18 at a Tacloban school turned into a temporary shelter.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Hundreds of typhoon survivors are packed into a U.S. military airplane November 18 for evacuation from Tacloban's airport.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Typhoon survivors run toward a passing U.S. Navy helicopter in San Jose on November 18.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A boy holding a toy machine gun sits Sunday, November 17, on a ship that ran aground in Tacloban.

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Typhoon Haiyan – People gather around a helicopter as it delivers relief supplies November 17 in Guiuan, Philippines.

Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors clean mannequins found among the debris in Tacloban on November 17.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man leans against a statue of the Crucifixion before a Mass at Santo Nino Church in Tacloban on November 17.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man carries a piece of wood from the debris in Tacloban on November 17.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors wait in line in Tacloban for relief goods on November 17.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man looks over the devastation from his damaged home in Tacloban on November 17.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A trapped resident braves the dust created by a U.S. Navy helicopter taking off Saturday, November 16, on Manicani Island, Philippines.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Corpses are collected and loaded on trucks to be taken to mass graves in Tacloban on November 16.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A victim's corpse floats on a river in Tanauan on November 16.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A pregnant survivor waits to give birth in a hospital November 16 in Tanauan.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A dead dog lies in front of a house destroyed by the typhoon in Tanauan.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man carries a bicycle as he walks through the ruins of a Tacloban building November 16.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors of the typhoon stand in a Tanauan street partially blocked by debris November 16.

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Typhoon Haiyan – An elderly survivor walks past toppled cars outside a church in Tacloban on November 16.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man in Tanauan cleans meat after slaughtering his only cow that survived the typhoon.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors gather in Tacloban to await transport to a neighboring province on November 16.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Men carry a coffin toward a Leyte cemetery on November 16.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A survivor cooks dinner in front of his damaged home in Marabut, Philippines, on Friday, November 15.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Toppled coconut trees dot a mountain in an area devastated by the typhoon in Leyte province.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A typhoon survivor keeps her husband alive by manually pumping air into his lungs after his leg was amputated at a Tacloban hospital November 15. The hospital has been operating without power since the typhoon.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A survivor reacts to the damage at a residential area in Tacloban on November 15.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Typhoon victims are treated in the lobby of a Tacloban hospital on November 15.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Philippine Army soldiers carry the body of a civilian in Tanauan on November 15.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Residents wait to board a Singaporean cargo plane at the Tacloban airport on November 15. Many survivors have converged on the city's airport to wait for flights.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Search and retrieval teams carry a body bag in Tacloban on November 15.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Haiyan survivors carry food that a U.S. military helicopter dropped off in Guiuan on Thursday, November 14.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Dozens of bodies are placed near Tacloban City Hall on November 14 as workers prepare a mass grave on the outskirts of the hard-hit city.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A girl plays inside her house amid the devastation in Tacloban on November 14.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A Filipino soldier hands out bread to survivors in Maraboth, Philippines, on November 14.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A boy takes cover from rain while waiting for an evacuation flight from Tacloban's airport November 14.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Workers arrange bodies at a mass burial site at a Tacloban cemetery November 14.

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Typhoon Haiyan – The weary wait for evacuation from Tacloban on November 14.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A truck lies in the water in Hernani, Philippines, on November 14.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Children play with fallen power lines near a damaged school in Guiuan on November 14.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Teresa Mazeda hangs laundry in the ruins of her Tacloban home on Wednesday, November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Nina Duran searches for belongings at her family's destroyed house in Tacloban on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors walk through the ruins of their neighborhood outside Tacloban on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man sits in front of his destroyed business November 13 in Tacloban.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A family, desperate to charge their mobile phones to search for family and friends, tries to use a ceiling fan to generate electricity November 13 in the Philippine province of Cebu.

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Typhoon Haiyan – An injured man in Tacloban rests beneath a picture of Jesus Christ on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man takes a shower amid the rubble in Tacloban on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A rescue team wades into Tacloban floodwater to retrieve a body on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Residents take shelter in a Tacloban church on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Residents make their way through a destroyed neighborhood in Tacloban on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A boy cycles past a coffin left on a street in Tacloban on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man looks at his destroyed home November 13 in Tacloban.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Body bags are lined up in Tacloban on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors prepare to board a military plane November 13 at the Tacloban airport.

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Photos: Typhoon Haiyan – Men walk through smoke as they burn debris from a Tacloban church on November 16.

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Typhoon Haiyan – An aerial view of Tanuan shows signs pleading for help and food November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Soldiers help a woman after she collapsed November 13 while waiting in line to board a military plane at Tacloban's airport.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors wait to be evacuated from Tacloban on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – An injured survivor gets carried on a stretcher before being airlifted from Tacloban's airport November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A survivor begins to rebuild his house in Tacloban on November 13.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Evacuees wait to board a military aircraft in Leyte on Tuesday, November 12.

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Typhoon Haiyan – People walk through damage in Tacloban on November 12.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A young man waits at the airport November 12 in hopes of being evacuated from Tacloban.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A woman comforts a crying relative as a plane leaves the Tacloban airport November 12.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A man sits crying on a packed aircraft in Tacloban on November 12.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Debris lays scattered around a damaged home near the Tacloban airport on November 12.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A girl sits inside a bus as she waits for a ferry in Matnog, Philippines, on November 12.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Police line up bodies for processing in Tacloban on November 12.

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Typhoon Haiyan – People in Tacloban pass debris on November 11.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Survivors in Tacloban board a military plane bound for the Philippine capital of Manila on November 11.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Residents carry bags of rice from a Tacloban warehouse that they stormed November 11 because of a food shortage.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A woman in Tacloban walks amid the debris of destroyed houses on November 11.

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Typhoon Haiyan – People make their way across a flooded street in Shangsi, China, on November 11. Haiyan moved toward Vietnam and south China after devastating the Philippines.

Typhoon Haiyan – A woman carries a baby across a river November 8 at a coastal village in Las Pinas, Philippines.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A resident walks along a fishing village in Bacoor, Philippines, on November 8.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A house in Legazpi, Philippines, is engulfed by storm surge November 8.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A child wraps himself in a blanket inside a makeshift house along a Bacoor fishing village.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A woman and her children head for an evacuation center November 8 amid strong winds in Cebu City, Philippines.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Huge waves from Haiyan hit the shoreline in Legazpi on November 8.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A fisherman lifts a post to reinforce his home at a coastal village in Las Pinas on November 8.

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Typhoon Haiyan – A resident unloads nets off a fishing boat in Bacoor on November 8.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Residents reinforce their homes in Las Pinas on November 8.

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Typhoon Haiyan – The storm approaches the Philippines in this satellite image taken Thursday, November 7, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Workers bring down a billboard in Makati, Philippines, on November 7 before Haiyan makes landfall.

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Typhoon Haiyan – Philippine Coast Guard personnel stand in formation beside newly acquired rubber boats after a blessing ceremony in Manila on Wednesday, November 6. The boats were to be deployed to the central Philippines in preparation for Haiyan.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A mother carries her baby through the debris of destroyed houses in Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in recorded history, has devastated parts of the Philippines and killed thousands of people.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A child stands on a wooden cart among destroyed houses in Tacloban on Tuesday, November 26.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Children salvage reusable items in a waterfront community in Tacloban, Philippines, on November 23.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A boy peers out of a damaged structure near the shoreline on November 23, 2013 in Tacloban, Philippines.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A young boy cleans salvaged toys near a ship that was washed ashore by Super Typhoon Haiyan in this Tacloban, Philippines, on November 23, 2013.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Children walk through debris near the shoreline where several tankers ran aground on November 23, in Leyte, Philippines.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A typhoon survivor kisses her baby as she waits to board her evacuation flight at the airport in Tacloban on Friday, November 22.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Emergency nurse Vanesa Carbajal, who is part of the medical team for the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development, positions a newborn for treatment for respiratory problems at the Eastern Visayas Medical Center in Tacloban on November 22. Foreign aid has poured into the Philippines since the super typhoon hit.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A young Filipino takes a shower on the side of a road in Tacloban, on Thursday, November 21.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Children blow bubbles in the destroyed market of Tacloban, Philippines, on Wednesday, November 20.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Premature babies sleep November 20 at the Eastern Visayas Medical Center in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A child sleeps in a hallway outside the overcrowded children's and maternity ward at the Eastern Visayas Medical Center on November 20.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A family rests Tuesday, November 19, in the hull of a tanker run aground during Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A boy sits on a car amid the debris in Leyte, Philippines, on Monday, November 18.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Survivors wait for an evacuation flight at the Tacloban airport on Sunday, November 17.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A woman reaches out to her 1-day-old granddaughter at a Tacloban hospital on November 17.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Young girls stare at the full moon outside a makeshift shelter in Tacloban on Saturday, November 16.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Two Filipino children cry as their mother, using a refrigerator as a boat, tries to move the family to a neighboring island near Tacloban on November 16. Aid workers would not let the woman and her children travel this way.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A woman comforts her child while sitting in line at the Tacloban airport on November 16.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A young girl walks amid ruins of houses in a neighborhood badly affected by the typhoon in Guiuan, Philippines, on Friday, November 15.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Choir boys carry hymnals November 15 during a Mass for typhoon victims at Westminster Cathedral in London.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A woman and her newborn baby lie on the floor of a Tacloban hospital on November 15.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Children gather at the Tacloban airport on November 15. Many survivors have converged on the city's airport to wait for flights out.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A woman bathes a baby Thursday, November 14, at a church building where a number of survivors are taking shelter in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A boy rides his bike past a coffin and other scenes of destruction Wednesday, November 13, in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Children carry relief goods as they pass by damaged houses in Tacloban on November 13.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Children in Tacloban wait for social workers November 13.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Tacloban residents ask for water while waiting to get a free pass to board a U.S. plane Tuesday, November 12.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Survivors seek medical attention at a makeshift hospital inside an airport compound November 13 in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Residents take shelter in a church November 13 in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A boy and a girl salvage materials November 12 in Leyte, Philippines. Many in the region have nothing left.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Typhoon survivors line up November 12 in hopes of boarding a military transport plane out of Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A woman weeps as she carries a child to a military aircraft in Leyte on November 12.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Philippine military personnel try to prioritize children and women first as people wait for evacuation flights November 12 in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A woman carrying a child cries November 12 as survivors wait to board an aircraft in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Survivors walk in Tacloban on November 12.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A woman cries November 12 as other survivors wait to evacuate Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A Philippine air force officer hands out orange slices to typhoon survivors as they line up to board a military transport plane November 12 in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Children stand on rubble in the storm-ravaged town of Hernani, Philippines, on Monday, November 11.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A young girl lays in bed awaiting treatment in a Tacloban hospital on November 15, in Leyte, Philippines.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Newborn Bea Joy rests November 11 after her mother gave birth to her at the airport in Tacloban.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Soldiers let a woman and her child through a fence to get food November 11 outside the Tacloban airport.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A woman carries a child through a flooded street in Yong'an, China, on November 11. China and Vietnam were also hit hard by the storm.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Residents of Anibong, Philippines, rest November 11 near a ship propeller that washed ashore during the storm.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Survivors walk through the streets of Tacloban as a military plane flies overhead on November 11.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Children peek out from their makeshift shelter in Tacloban on Sunday, November 10.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A young Tacloban resident walks inside a damaged home on November 10.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Children carry relief goods past damaged homes in Tacloban on November 10.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – Two young boys look at the devastation in Tacloban on November 10.

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Children among Typhoon Haiyan victims – A Vietnamese soldier assists a girl Saturday, November 9, as villagers are moved in the central province of Quang Nam.

General Kennedy on typhoon relief

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In other parts of the storm-ravaged city, help has arrived. Trucks carry food. Crews clean up debris. Workers line up bodies to be identified by families who've been searching for their loved ones.

Humanitarian workers and military troops from around the world have converged on the Eastern Philippines, racing against time to rescue and feed those devastated by the storm.

The horror is everywhere thanks to what was Super Typhoon Haiyan when it came ashore a week ago ago, packing winds 3.5 times as strong as Hurricane Katrina, pushing in a wall of water 15 feet high and washing away towns on many islands.

The official nationwide death toll from the typhoon had increased to 2,360 by Friday morning. Other reports suggested the toll could be far higher, with thousands feared dead in Tacloban alone.

The deadly storm left more than 3,850 injured and at least 77 people reported missing across the Philippines, officials said.

Reaching all the victims and assisting the survivors -- including more than 2 million people in need of food, according to the Philippines government -- are both priorities now.

A significant sign of stepped up relief efforts was Thursday's arrival of the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier teeming with 5,500 crew. It's accompanied by eight more ships that, together, have 80 aircraft -- including 21 helicopters -- that can deliver supplies to hard-to-reach areas and conduct search-and-rescue missions for those still holding on six days after the epic storm.

In Tacloban, the bloated corpses of dogs lie next to body bags filled with human remains. The stench from wreckage hovers all around, as people sift through debris. A line snakes around the airport, filled with those eager to leave. Families huddle inside the city convention center, savoring their first rice in a week but not knowing when their next meal will come.

"We really don't know what we're going to do next," said 30-year-old May May Gula, 30, a member of one of eight families sharing what was left of a room on the convention center's ground floor.

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Take First Seaman Ryan Cardenas, a member of the Philippines Navy, who has helped with recovery efforts after two other cyclones in the past two years that left hundreds dead.

But when Haiyan slammed into the Tacloban naval station where he's based, he and other sailors clung to rafters in their barracks. Their commanding officer, who was in a separate building almost demolished by the storm, stayed alive by clutching a palm tree's trunk.

Afterward, sailors helped retrieve some bodies, according to Cardenas. One found his mother sitting dead against a wall.

Now, they're sorting through the wreckage of the naval station and awaiting orders.

"This is the worst," Cardenas said, taking a break from fixing a piece of damaged furniture. "We're both victims and rescuers."

In some cases, it's not that there's not enough food, water and other necessities. It's that they are not being given out, because getting to those in need is so difficult.

The danger of violence -- whether out of desperation or confusion -- looms over the relief efforts.

Police warned a CNN crew to turn back Wednesday on the road south of Tacloban, saying rebels had been shooting at civilians.

"Maybe they are looking for food," a police commander said.

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, the commander of the USS George Washington's strike group, acknowledged security is an issue. But it's hardly the only one, nor even the biggest.

"Obviously, the conditions are pretty grim right now," Montgomery told CNN Thursday. "But it's not as much security as it is just the inaccessibility of the roads."

A Philippines senator said she's learned of reports of rapes and other crimes against women, some allegedly perpetrated by convicts who escaped prison in the typhoon's aftermath, the state-run Philippines News Agency reported.

Sen. Nancy Binay particularly expressed alarm after women said on TV that the situation had become worse, with assailants going so far as to break into people's homes.

Debris hampers delivery of aid

International aid has piled up at airports, blocked from distribution to the starving by miles of debris-strewn roads.

It is taking a long time to clear them and establish communications in to remote areas, said Philippines Secretary of the Interior Mar Roxas.

"Imagine a situation where from zero, from zero, no power, light, water, communication, nothing, you have to build the social infrastructures as well as the physical infrastructures for 275,000."

In the meantime, U.S. Marines have transformed a sleepy airbase in Cebu into a buzzing center of activity that included cargo aircraft, tilt-rotor Ospreys and camouflaged Marines. The Ospreys can land in remote spots where there are no cleared runways, but crews still find themselves hemmed in by debris.

"Some of those neighborhoods are inundated with water, and some of it's inaccessible," Brig. Gen. Paul Kennedy said.

Roxas would love to see the assistance getting out faster. Still, he feels it's doubling by the day.

Amos, the top U.N. humanitarian official, pointed Thursday morning to a continuing litany of needs -- such as clean water, hygiene kits, hospital supplies, tents and other shelters.

The airport can handle more traffic, and roads are getting better and better. At the same time, Amos said, "We know that much more is required."

'Immense' need

But can it come soon enough? That's a pressing question in Guiuan, a remote community of about 45,000 people that was among the first areas hit by the full force of the storm.

"People are living out in the open; there are no roofs left standing in the whole of Guiuan," Moens said. "The needs are immense, and there are a lot of surrounding villages that are not yet covered by any aid organizations."

In Tacloban, those who survived say they have no choice but to move forward.

Jericho, a boy whose mother, aunt and nine cousins were killed in the storm, tells his father he wants to leave the city on one of the planes he's seen flying overhead. His father tells him they have to stay in Tacloban.

"We have no money," he says. "Just each other."

A man whose wife and child died said he can't stop thinking of seeing his family drown in the storm.

"The first one that I saw was my youngest," he said. "She fainted, and then she drowned. The water was so fast. And then my wife, when I tried to grab her, I missed her. Then she drowned, and then I never saw her again."